Vocab Number 5

1.Justinian- reclaimed much of the Western Roman Empire for the Byzantine Empire in an attempt to restore Rome to its former glory 2.Justinian Code- the body of Roman civil law collected and organized by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian 3.Hagia Sophia- the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by the order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian 4.Patriarch- the principal leader in the eastern branch of Christianity 5.Icons- religious symbols used by eastern Christians 6.Excommunication- the taking away of a persons membership in a Christian church 7.Slavs- a people from the forests north of the Black Sea who’s society and culture blended with the Greeks and created Russian culture

8.Vladimir- United the Slavic people under Christianity and built Kiev into a capital city for the Slavic people 9.Czar- a Russian emperor (from the Roman title of Caesar) 10.Genghis Khan- (universal ruler) Mongolian ruler who united the Mongol clans and started the Mongolian Empire 11.Pastoralist- a member of a nomadic group that herds domesticated animals 12.Clan- a group of people descended from a common ancestor 13.Pax Mongolica- “Mongol Peace” – the period when the Mongols imposed stability and law and order across much of Eurasia 14.Kublai Khan- the grandson of Genghis Khan who ruled over the Mongol Empire during its height 15.Marco Polo- Italian explorer, and one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia, and a government official of Kublai Khan

16.Ghazi- warriors for Islam 17.Ottomans- followers of the ghazi Osman, and the builders of a Muslim state in Anatolia 18.Sultan- “overlord” or “one with power”; title for the Ottoman rulers during the rise of the Ottoman Empire 19.Janissary- a member of an elite force of soldiers in the Ottoman Empire